Your employability journey 2024-25
A selection of Business School career events, tools and opportunities to get involved in over the next academic year to help prepare you for the future.
Meet with sector experts
Gain industry experience
Prepare for graduate roles
Meet with sector experts
Gain insights and skills working with the most knowledgeable sector experts in each field with our selection of workshops, seminars and 1:1 sessions below.
Consulting sessions
Solirius Consulting, 9 October
An on-campus employer-led seminar on application skills for aspiring consultants.
Mock interviews, 9 October
with industry professionals.
Two sessions led by sector expert James Brown:
Undergraduate Consulting Careers Bootcamp, 16 October
A seminar, focusing on case interviews.
Masters Advanced Consulting Techniques Workshop, 23 October
A full-day workshop to develop your consulting techniques.
Banking and Finance sessions
On 21 October, Jonathan Hawes, Founder and Managing Director of Silver Forest, is offering 1:1 industry coaching and hosting two sessions:
Industry Intelligence for Financial Services
Develop your commercial awareness and find a good fit for a career in the industry.
Mastering Finance Sector Interviews
Techniques and information on what to expect in finance interviews.
Other sessions
Unlocking the Future: AI and Your Career in Finance, 22 October
with Despina Doulkaridou from Deutsche Börse.
Careers in ESG: Insights from an Industry Expert, 30 October
with Bristol alumni Charlotte Challis.
Exploring Accountancy Careers: Accreditation Panel, 5 November
with ICAEW, ACCA and CIMA.
The current events schedule is for October and November. Check back soon for events happening in 2025.
Gain industry experience
Business School Micro-Internship
A 3-week work-based learning programme to provide you with valuable professional experience.
The programme takes place during January and June and is offered to master's students in the Business School who are not completing an industry project within their course. Eligible students will be contacted by email.
AmplifyME Finance Simulations
Experience different finance roles and compete to be promoted to assessment centres at JP Morgan and UBS:
- Connect to the reality of working in finance and gain real-world experience.
- No prior experience is needed, you will obtain experiences and skills as you progress.
- Develop role-specific skills and get feedback.
Bloomberg
Complete Bloomberg certificates in Finance Fundamentals, Market Concepts, and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) to help you boost your CV and finance expertise.
Come along to Bloomberg 101 in October for an introduction to the platform.
The Forage
Open access and self-paced job simulations designed by top graduate employers – choose from the likes of Accenture, Bank of America and Lululemon to practice tasks that align with their graduate roles.
Student Circus
Student Circus helps our international students find filtered Skilled Worker visa jobs in the UK and jobs in their home country after graduation. Attend an event.
Prepare for graduate roles
- Master's students will be offered career success sessions as part of their timetable. Use these sessions to find out how to make the most of your year at Bristol.
- Employer Showcase on 2 and 3 October – come along to meet and network with employers from a variety of sectors
- The Professional Liaison Network (PLN) run mentoring schemes to connect you with industry professionals in sectors you want to explore. It helps you gain insight into different career paths to understand the best fit for you. Find out more:
Careers in Asia
Launch your graduate career overseas by attending the following events in September:
Lockin pre-work guidance workshop, 23 September
Helping you prepare to enter the Chinese labour market.
Asia job hunt masterclass, 25 September
1:1 coaching, 25 September
with Asia career specialist, Adrian Jones.
In addition, we offer Mandarin 1:1 career appointments throughout the year, bookable via mycareer.
Careers Service
See all the career support available at Bristol.
The University’s employability award, Bristol PLUS, rewards you for extracurricular activities you have completed during your degree and provides a structure to reflect on the skills you have developed.
Whilst it was nerve-racking to be involved in something external to the University, the Micro-internship experience was one-of-a-kind. I was able to make lasting connections with the people I worked with and network.
Contact us
For information on Business School specific career support contact our team at business-school-careers@bristol.ac.uk.